Went up to the reserve this morning to meet up with a researcher who might be doing a project on orchid phenology this year. While…
We have been mapping orchids since February and have been making good progress, finding most of the plants that were up last year. However this…
I hurried up to Hartslock today during a gap in the rain and as I arrived the site looked superb – sunny and humid –…
Lovely weather today so just walked around the site enjoying it. Lots of Dodder, Clustered Bellflower, Yellow-wort, Knapweed, Field Scabious, Carline Thistle & Centaury in…
BBOWT have been working on a large-scale ‘Chiltern Grasslands Project’ for some time and part of that will be to re-fence some of the compartments…
Last night we ran a rather impromptu moth-trapping event with the volunteers and members of the Reading & District Natural History Society. It was very…
Sadly, the poor weather during April & May has led to most of the rare orchids going to seed early. All Lady orchids were in…
I popped up to the reserve in the afternoon today to look for new orchids and to see if I could help out any visitors.…
Today 22 members of the London Natural History Society (LNHS) visited Hartslock for the orchids and all other wildlife. We had glorious, hot, sunny weather…
Went up to the site today for a walk round – plenty to see, even though the wind was still a bit chilly. The hybrids…